limpet (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *limpet*:
NOUN	food	limpet	mollusk with a low conical shell
NOUN	animal	limpet	any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells

English > *limpet*: 2 senses > noun 1, food
Meaning	mollusk with a low conical shell.
Broader	shellfish	meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Spanish	lapa
Catalan	pegellida

English > *limpet*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas.
Member of	Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda	snails and slugs and their relatives
Narrower	common limpet, Patella vulgata	marine limpet
Narrower	keyhole limpet, Fissurella apertura, Diodora apertura	marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
Broader	seasnail	Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell
Spanish	lapa
Catalan	patellida, pegellida

HyperDic: limpet